Sighting Mechanism
Sighting Mechanism is a work of art in City of Kent, Portage, Ohio. Sighting Mechanism is situated nearby to Kent State Universtiy College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability, and Technology, as well as near College of Nursing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Partially Buried Woodshed and Kent State University Ice Arena.
Partially Buried Woodshed
Work of art
Photo: Ejpastor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Partially Buried Woodshed is a work of land art created by American artist Robert Smithson in January 1970 at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. The work consisted of an existing woodshed and earth added by the artist in order to illustrate the concept of entropy. Partially Buried Woodshed is situated 560 feet southeast of Sighting Mechanism.
Kent State University Ice Arena
Sports venue
Photo: JonRidinger, CC BY 3.0.
The KSU Ice Arena is a one-rink ice complex located on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, United States. The building contains one ice rink with seating for 1,500 fans that is used for ice hockey and figure skating. Kent State University Ice Arena is situated 1,400 feet east of Sighting Mechanism.
Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center
Sports venue
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The Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, often referred to as the MAC Center and the MACC, is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, United States. Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Sighting Mechanism.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kent and Brady Lake.
Kent
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Kent is a college town in Northeast Ohio. Kent, the home of Kent State University, is a quaint town with a very diverse community where northeast Ohio locals mix with students from across the state nation and globe.
Brady Lake
Hamlet
Brady Lake is an unincorporated census-designated place and former village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,222 at the 2020 census. Brady Lake is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sighting Mechanism.
Brimfield
Village
Brimfield is a census-designated place in Portage County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 3,365. It is located in the central part of Brimfield Township, a rural area between the Ohio cities of Akron and Kent with light industry, strip-malls, subdivisions, and farms. Brimfield is situated 3 miles south of Sighting Mechanism.
Sighting Mechanism
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork_type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: City of Kent, Portage, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.14474° or 41° 8′ 41″ northLongitude
-81.34103° or 81° 20′ 28″ westOpen location code
86HW4MV5+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 618144078OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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